Atticus, Jem and Scout's father, is a lawyer who is apparently trying to defend a black man while raping a white girl. Answered by mackenzie b #640624 on 4/20/2017 1:34 AM atticus is trying to defend a black man named tom robinson
Search. A linking verb is a verb which connects a subject to its predicate without expressing an action. A linking verb is used to re-identify or describe its subject. The word, phrase, or clause which follows a linking verb to re-identify or describe the subject is called the subject complement. The most common linking verb is the verb to be.
A linking verb is a verb that is used to connect a subject with an adjective or noun that describes or identifies the subject. The most common linking verb is be. Other common linking verbs are appear, become, feel, go, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, taste, and turn.otice that predicate adjectives can be modified by adverbs. A noun that follows a linking verb is called a predicate noun. You might encounter the term predicate nominative, which is an older term for predicate noun.